- the hinge. This sort of comp**** is
often known as a "pair of Spring-
Bow Comp****es". The
needle point is
located on the
steady leg, and
serves as the center...
- A
comp**** rose,
sometimes called a wind rose, rose of the
winds or
comp**** star, is a
figure on a
comp****, map,
nautical chart, or
monument used to display...
- A
bow window or
comp**** window is a
curved bay window.
Bow windows are
designed to
create space by
projecting beyond the
exterior wall of a building, and...
-
drawing table tools. In 1874 the
founder Emil
Oskar Richter invented the
bow comp****.
After switching its
focus to
overhead projectors in the late 1960s,...
- as a
reference point. A
comp**** bearing, as in
vehicle or
marine navigation, is
measured in
relation to the
magnetic comp**** of the navigator's vehicle...
- The
bow and
arrow is a
ranged weapon system consisting of an
elastic launching device (
bow) and long-shafted
projectiles (arrows).
Humans used
bows and...
- navigation, the
heading of a
vessel or
aircraft is the
comp**** direction in
which the craft's
bow or nose is pointed. Note that the
heading may not necessarily...
- A
comp**** saw is a type of saw used for
making curved cuts
known as
comp****es,
particularly in
confined spaces where a
larger saw
would not fit. Comp****...
-
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to
Bow saws. A
modern bow saw is a metal-framed
crosscut saw in the
shape of a
bow with a co**** wide blade. This type...
- A
bow drill is a
simple hand-operated type of tool,
consisting of a rod (the
spindle or
drill shaft) that is set in
rapid rotary motion by
means of a...